HAOER News

You are invited to share your work, perspectives, and ideas at Open Texas 2022, being held virtually on September 21-23. Visit the Open Texas 2022 website to learn about this year’s committees and conference theme.  This year’s theme, “The Labor of Open Education,” invites participants to reflect on the work, creativity, art, and science of open education 20…

Courtesy of HAOER member and member of the OpenEd Conference Board of Directors, Tonja Conerly: On behalf of the Open Education Conference Board of Directors, I’m thrilled to share that the call for proposals for OpenEd22 is now open! This year’s event seeks to center action for open education through the theme “Rise to Action”.…

This year, Creator Fest will have a Texas theme, highlighting the work happening in Texas and focusing on creating content for the OERTX repository. This event on Feb. 17-18, 2022, is free to anyone who wants to attend, especially those working in Texas higher education. Check out the schedule and sessions and register: openstax.org/creator-fest.

The HAOER co-founder and former co-chair took the spotlight in a San Jacinto College news article in August 2021. Tonja Conerly was “equitable when equitable wasn’t cool.” In fact, the San Jac sociology professor’s longstanding equity focus led to her recent appointment as the co-vice president of equity, diversity, and inclusivity for the Community College…

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